Thank you Esther for your uplifting words! You know
how hard it is working with children and them talk
about their moms. For the most part I'm fine, but
this week was just about a little too much.
I so appreciate all the things you said! They were
all things I needed to hear.
Thank you!!!
Stacey
--- Kaiserslautern66@... wrote:

> Hi Stacey,
> I wrote you last night, but then erased it all. I
> can't remember if you had
> written in this group last year or not and I did not
> want to tell you all
> about my own experiences in case you already read
> it once before.
> I have experienced quite a bit of grief over the
> years but none as much and
> seemingly neverending as in the past 2 years. I
> understand where you are
> coming from when you wonder how much one person is
> suppose to take.
> I wondered and sometimes still do about that myself.
> In a way I know God is
> there with me and he has brought me all this way
> now, but inside of me is a
> sadness that won't go away even when I am otherwise
> happy.
> A piece of me will always be missing and nothing can
> make me the person I
> was before and make me complete again. I work as a
> caregiver at a daycare and I
> always listen to the kids talk about their mom's and
> sometimes they will ask
> me about mine. Right now we are getting the
> mother's day cards ready.
> Last year I did not even celebrate mother's day.
> This year, I will let my
> children have fun getting me a few things. They are
> already planning things for
> me. I have several older women friends which have
> not nor ever will replace
> my mom, but I am thankful to have them in my life
> and this mother's day I have
> cards for each of them to let them know how much
> they mean to me.
> My heart goes out to you as you are going through
> this tough time.
> Esther
> P.S. All I can tell you is: God is really there even
> when it doesn't always
> seem that way.
>

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